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Tag: Zoo

Elderly lemur celebrates record birthday

By Oliver Farrimond ZOOKEEPERS at a West Lothian zoo are celebrating the birthday of Stumpy – quite probably the oldest lemur in Europe. Stumpy has reached...

Fun-loving monkeys give zoo-keepers the run around

By Michael MacLeod CHEEKY monkeys at Scotland’s biggest zoo had their keepers going ape – after spending a fourth day on the run. They escaped on...

Baby pygmy hippo at Edinburgh Zoo thrills visitors

By Oliver Farrimond A NEW arrival at Edinburgh Zoo is thrilling visitors – a miniature hippopotamus. Little Leisha – which means “gift” in West African –...

Record number of penguin chick birds at Edinburgh Zoo

By Oliver Farrimond PENGUINS at Edinburgh Zoo have p-p-p-picked up some new arrivals – 30 newly-hatched chicks from a record-setting clutch of 112 eggs. It is...

Scottish Zoo Enjoys Bumper Easter Weekend

By Cara Sulieman THE credit crunch has helped the nation's favourite animal park celebrate a bumper Easter weekend as stay at home Scots flocked to...

STRUGGLING ZOO BACK IN THE BLACK: Five Sisters Zoo Numbers Soar As Easter Holidays Fast Approach

By OLIVER FARRIMOND A STRUGGLING Edinburgh zoo has seen visitor numbers rocket after a successful few months of fund-raising. The Five Sisters Zoo, in West Lothian,...

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